SIR TIM CALLS FOR GLOBAL PUSH TO CONNECT THE WORLD’S YOUTH AND HELP RECOVER FROM COVID-19 CRISIS ON THE WEB'S 32ND BIRTHDAY

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The inventor of the World Wide Web, Sir Tim Berners-Lee, has warned that the web’s potential to drive social and economic progress is being constrained by the exclusion from the online world of billions of young people.In a letter published jointly with Web Foundation co-founder Rosemary Leith on the web’s 32nd birthday, Sir Tim Berners-Lee heralded the leadership of young people to drive positive change and spotlighted nine web champions using digital technology to tackle gender inequality, curb Covid-19, protect the environment and address other looming global challenges.The web’s birthday is celebrated on March 12, the anniversary of Berners-Lee’s proposal for an information management system in 1989.